Song Yuanhuanzhi

Chapter 73 Looking for a job?
In the morning, the mountains around Lu County were shrouded in thin mist.

On the flat fields, soft rice seedlings that are about to drip, and clusters of green banana leaves are all swaying in the wind, presenting a sense of vitality.

Among the twelve famine policies in the current dynasty, one was "sanli".

Jia Gongyan of the former dynasty said, "Gather together when there is plenty, and disperse when there is a shortage. Accumulate and disperse to benefit the people."

In times of famine, the imperial court lends seeds and grain to the people to benefit them.

Therefore, when these government orders and measures were issued in the first month, although there was a delay, it did not delay the people of Yangjiang Prefecture from planting rice.

After all, Yangjiang Mansion is a non-disaster area that has been implicated. If the spring planting is delayed, the magistrate, county magistrate, village head and others will be the first batch of people who will be dismissed from office.

Therefore, for the sake of their own future and official positions, these people should actively supervise and dare not make any mistakes.

Outside the city of Lu County.

If it hadn't been completely dug up and the yellow land where not a single blade of grass grew, the disaster might have been taken away by time without leaving any traces.

Song Huan still remembers the scene when he left the city for the first time this year.

At that time, the refugees had been evacuated, and the outside of the city had returned to calm.

But the dense forests and grasslands overgrown with weeds have all disappeared.

Only a place of yellow is left.

It was so bare that you would have to dig three feet into the ground if you wanted to find a caterpillar.

In order to ensure the safety of Lu County, the magistrate of Lu County did not allow refugees to enter the city.

Although people gathered in the city to rob food, overall it was better than those refugees.

At least there is a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

The refugees couldn't bear the hunger, regardless of their health, they ate bark and weeds as long as they could enter their mouths.

Song Huan had never seen the scene at that time, but he could also know the hardships at that time based on the situation outside the city.

Because of the famine, Song Huan's plan to go hunting outside the city fell through.

When Song Huan was still struggling to find a way to make money, an unexpected person came to the door.

Yaya servant Jia, Liang Kuan.

First, I had a foundation of acquaintance at the city gate, and then set up a stall in the back alley before, and deliberately approached people who I knew for the purpose of inquiring about news.

Song Huan looked at Liang Kuan, who was dressed in a green robe, and after a few polite greetings, he invited him to sit in the courtyard with the door open.

Song Huan is a woman and Liang Kuan is a man, so the door was opened to avoid suspicion.

After Liang Kuan drank a cup of tea, he finally explained the purpose of his trip, "I heard that you are good at martial arts. Recently, I am short of people under my command. It just so happens that you can help me for a few days..."

The specific situation is that the yamen wants to send people to escort the group of prisoners who gathered people to rob food to the exile area. The yamen servants are all there to escort the prisoners, so they can only temporarily mobilize a few people to take over their jobs temporarily. Song Huan is Liang Kuan's choice. one.

It is said that the place of exile is not far away, it is only four or five days away, and it takes about ten days to go back and forth.

After all, Yangjiang Mansion was originally one of the places of exile that belonged to the capital, and it couldn't be farther away.

Although, it is obvious that the yamen guards escort the exiled prisoners.

But in fact, this seemingly hard work of escorting exiles is a "beautiful job" for the yamen servants.

So we have to start from the beginning.

In this era, the salaries of most yamen servants were very low.

At the end of a year, they can only get 12 taels of silver, which is worse than self-cultivating farmers.

On average, it is only a few pennies a day. Even if you save money on food and expenses, you can't satisfy your daily needs.

Since being a yamen servant can't satisfy one's own food and drink, why do so many people still do it?

Because the main income of yamen servants does not depend on salaries, but on fees and extra money earned from work.

During the work of the yamen servants, if there is a case to be handled in the county yamen, it will inevitably involve business trips, food and accommodation. These expenses are not reimbursed by the yamen, and can only be paid by the parties concerned.

During the handling of the case by the yamen servant, if you delay for a little longer, you can get more benefits.

It's just that the yamen servant's practice will empty the wallet of the person concerned, which is not an aboveboard act.

This is one of the reasons why the Yang family was unwilling to report to the officials when Yang Erya died in the village.

Because a dead person still needs to spend his savings to pay government servants, the Yang family obviously cannot afford such expenses, and they can only end up in that situation.

Cough, it's getting far away, and the topic is brought back.

Although handling cases makes money, most of the time there are no cases to handle. At this time, the yamen servants have a way.

They will target prostitutes and butchers to make money and ask them for bad rules.

The practices of yamen servants are regarded as "reasonable practices" in general prefectures and counties, and this is also a way for yamen to support yamen servants.

But the money is obviously not enough for their daily needs, which is why the yamen servants rushed to escort the exiled prisoners.

First, the "filial money" given by the prisoner's family is often a lot.

In order to make the prisoner's life easier on the way to the place of exile, the relatives of the prisoner will often give silver taels to the escort.

This gives them a "gray income" opportunity.

Second, there are many ways to escort prisoners into exile.

The job of escorting exile prisoners is very different from other jobs.

Even if the imperial court does not provide subsidies, the prefectural and county yamen will try to find a way to pay for it.

For the yamen servants, this is another income.

In addition, although prisoners are exiled, they also need rations to maintain their lives.

Their food expenses are all in the hands of the escorts. It is up to the officials to decide whether to feed the prisoners enough or not to eat, or even let the prisoners starve for a few meals.

If the prisoner has money, he can eat and drink well, but if the prisoner has no money, the yamen servants can't work in vain.

This is why the yamen servants withheld prisoners' meals at every turn.

It still lies in the ability of "money".

The third and last point is to avoid complicated and trivial work.

Do you think only modern people are unwilling to be social animals?This is the same age.

Escorting prisoners in exile is hard work, but it also has a carefree side.

You don't need to report to the yamen, you can be escorted on time and on time every day, and you can enjoy delicious food after staying.

Couldn't be more comfortable.

It may be that the escort was very lucrative, and Liang Kuan asked Song Huan to serve as a temporary guard with a salary of [-] Wen for ten days.

Calculated on average, she can earn an average of [-] Wen a day, and she has temporarily entered the "high-income" group.

After sending Liang Kuan away, Song Huan took out Fu Yuanzhi's leftover clothes and put them on. They were too big and didn't fit.

It never occurred to her that she would have to dress up as a man to go to work.

To be honest, I don't even understand why he would think of letting himself, a delicate girl, do this job?

Three days later, when she arrived at the location, she understood.

The clean but wrinkled people immediately changed their colors when they saw Song Huan, and quickly stepped back to distance themselves.

This should be those people who robbed me?
Song Huan looked up and down for a while to confirm, she had been here for so long, she didn't remember very clearly, after all, it was night and the light was dim.

One of them boldly asked Song Huan, "You, why are you here?"

Song Huan folded his arms around his chest, raised his chin slightly, and pretended to be a group of defeated generals. He said in a bad tone, "Didn't Liang Kuan tell you?"

The people on the opposite side looked at each other with bitterness in their eyes.

They knew that there would be a leader, but they didn't expect it to be this girl!
What is Liang Kuan thinking?
A few people shed painful tears, and they knew that this job was not easy to do! !
Song Huan secretly rejoiced in her heart.

These people really have backers. If she sent these people to prison ignorantly, not only would they be able to come out early, but she would also be in a lot of trouble.

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